Modern Slavery Act statement

Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations with a total annual turnover of £36 million or more to publish an annual slavery and human-trafficking statement. DrivewayNights is well below that threshold and is therefore not legally required to publish one.

We’re publishing this anyway, voluntarily, because: (a) hosts, guests, and partners deserve to know what we check for and how; (b) establishing clear policies at the start is easier than retrofitting them later; and (c) if the business grows past the threshold, the structure is already in place.

DrivewayNights is a UK-only online marketplace connecting campervan owners with private homeowners who rent out overnight driveway parking. We operate a single software platform; we do not own vehicles, driveways, or any physical premises beyond the operator’s home office.

• Employees

  None — DrivewayNights is solo-operated by the founder. There are no contracted UK or overseas staff.

• Contractors

  None engaged on an ongoing basis. Any ad-hoc creative, legal, or accounting work is sourced from UK-regulated professional firms.

• Users

  Hosts and guests are not employees — they are independent users of the platform who contract directly with each other. Host relationships are covered by our terms of service.

• Suppliers

  Core infrastructure suppliers are all public, large, regulated UK/EU/US firms with their own published modern slavery statements: Stripe (payments), Supabase (database & auth), Vercel (compute & CDN at build-preview only), OVHcloud (production hosting), Resend (transactional email), Mapbox (mapping).

• Zero tolerance

  Any form of modern slavery, forced labour, servitude, or human trafficking in our operations or supply chain is unacceptable. We will terminate any supplier or user relationship on confirmation of such practices.

• Identity verification

  Hosts must complete Stripe identity verification (UK government-issued document + selfie) before accepting any booking. This is not a modern-slavery check in itself but it gives every listing a named, verified natural person who is legally accountable for what happens on the driveway.

• No anonymous listings

  Every listing is linked to an identified host. Company accounts, shell profiles, and pseudonymous operators are not permitted.

• Safeguarding concerns

  Admins can freeze a booking, listing, or account instantly if a credible safeguarding concern is raised. Freezes are manual and require a written reason in the audit log.

Our honest assessment is that DrivewayNights’ modern-slavery risk is low but not zero. The rationale:

• We have no workforce — the most common vector (low-paid labour exploitation) does not apply.
• All software and infrastructure suppliers are reputable, large-cap organisations with their own Section 54 statements and enforcement mechanisms.
• Users (hosts and guests) are UK residents transacting in their own name; criminal misuse of the platform (e.g. a host using a driveway stay to facilitate trafficking) is the residual risk.
• Admin-in-the-loop moderation (identity checks, first-2 listing review, dispute queue) is the backstop for that residual risk.

• Supplier selection

  Each core supplier was chosen in part because of published modern-slavery and ethical-supply-chain statements. We do not use suppliers who are opaque about their workforce.

• User vetting

  Host identity verification via Stripe Identity; manual admin review of host documents (proof of address, property ownership) before listings go live; manual admin approval of the first two listings per host.

• Ongoing monitoring

  Admins can query every booking, message, and audit entry. Messaging is readable by admins when there is a live dispute or safeguarding concern (see our privacy policy).

• Law enforcement cooperation

  We respond to UK police and National Crime Agency requests through the official channels and can produce booking, payment, and messaging records subject to appropriate legal process.

With no employees, formal training programmes don’t apply in the usual sense. The sole operator stays current via UK government guidance, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) publications, and reviews the Home Office modern-slavery indicators annually. This section will grow substantively when the team does.

If you suspect modern slavery or human trafficking connected to a DrivewayNights listing, booking, or user, please report it two ways:

1. The Modern Slavery Helpline on 08000 121 700 (24/7), or 999 if anyone is in immediate danger.
2. Email us at support@drivewaynights.co.uk with “SAFEGUARDING” in the subject so we can freeze the relevant account(s) and cooperate with any investigation.

This statement has been approved by the founder on behalf of DrivewayNights on 16 April 2026. It will be reviewed and republished annually, or sooner if there is a material change to our structure, supply chain, or user population.